NUCLEAR WASTE: Texas company rolls out plan for private spent-fuel storage site Hannah Northey, E&E reporter Greenwire: Monday, February 9, 2015 A Dallas-based company has unveiled plans to build the nation’s first private, temporary storage site for spent reactor fuel in the arid western corner of Texas with hopes that the Department of Energy will…

PUBLISHED ON ROLL CALL Waste Control Specialists is looking to accept spent commercial reactor fuel for temporary storage in Andrews County, Texas, the company is expected to announce Monday. According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, the facility would be the nation’s first consolidated interim storage depot for reactor waste. Citing potential savings for electricity…

PUBLISHED IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN A Texas radioactive waste disposal company will soon seek federal permission to dispose of high-level radioactive waste from around the country. Waste Control Specialists plans to develop a facility in Andrews County, in West Texas, that could store spent fuel from the nation’s nuclear plants, according to a…

PUBLISHED IN DALLAS MORNING NEWS LUBBOCK — A Dallas-based company that handles low-level radioactive waste is taking the first step toward making a West Texas facility the first interim storage site for high-level nuclear waste from around the country. Waste Control Specialists on Friday notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the company’s plan to seek a license to build a facility…